phoenixlpr 0 #1 July 8, 2008 From Rdutch: QuoteSo for people new to RDS, and even experienced RDS jumpers, a mis routed RDS that cant be retreived, with the retreive line over the top of your canopy, this should be a cutaway situation, no matter how good your canopy is flying. What problem can a bag in front of the canopy cause? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sriddy 0 #2 July 8, 2008 Just another newb here, but from what I read on the PD site, the bag of an RDS system is connected to the slider instead of the top of the canopy. So if the bag gets hung up by going over the front of the canopy, it will prevent the slider from coming down fully. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnDeere 0 #3 July 8, 2008 Good call newb Nothing opens like a Deere! You ignorant fool! Checks are for workers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuntbabex 0 #4 July 10, 2008 Do you think it would also run the risk of getting caught inside one of the cells and affect the control? Or is it not long enough to do that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rdutch 0 #5 July 11, 2008 QuoteFrom Rdutch: QuoteSo for people new to RDS, and even experienced RDS jumpers, a mis routed RDS that cant be retreived, with the retreive line over the top of your canopy, this should be a cutaway situation, no matter how good your canopy is flying. What problem can a bag in front of the canopy cause? I wasnt talking about just the bag over the nose of the canopy. This usually isnt that big a deal. Tandem canopies and big solo flyer canopies have this happen quite often, and are landable. I was talking about an RDS, this is a deployment system where the bag and pc isnt connected to the canopy and the bag and pc, fly off and are towed by a line that is connected to the slider. The slider is removable, allowing you to pull in the bag, pc and the slider. Swoopers use this to allow cleaner air on their canopies, and to eliminate the drag caused by the bag and pc. When assembling and packing the rds, if somehow the bag and pc are routed in front of the canopy, upon opening, you would have a line from the slider up over the nose, and over the top of the canopy. The bag and pc would then be behind the canopy. The line would distort the canopy, and sometimes, the pc doesnt collapse fully. This also would be hard to retreive due to the tension on the lie. And with a small parachute. This could easilly make the canopy unlandable. Also the pc might be collapsed, but with the bag free, it could inflate at any time. I would recomend if you have this problem to try and reel in your bag and pc, and if you are unable, you need to cutaway, and deploy your reserve. I hope my description was helpfull. Blue SkiEs Ray Ray Small and fast what every girl dreams of! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tkhayes 348 #7 July 15, 2008 One of the primary issues with a lot of these 'malfunctions' is that the jumper is not in the mindset of a malfunction. Just like a stuck toggle. or a slider hangup, they are not malfunctions at first. But if you have not solved the problem in a few seconds, then it IS a malfunction. especially when yo are talking about a 79 sq ft canopy. Most of us deal with minor situations all the time. It is also important to realize that when a minor situation does not get fixed right away, it quickly becomes a major problem, no mater how many times you have dealt with it before. try once, try twice, then fucking get rid of it. I have watched far too many people die or get really fucked up because they were 'dealing with it' TK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
